WO2021059768A1 - Dispositif de communication, procédé de communication et programme de communication - Google Patents

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WO2021059768A1
WO2021059768A1 PCT/JP2020/030169 JP2020030169W WO2021059768A1 WO 2021059768 A1 WO2021059768 A1 WO 2021059768A1 JP 2020030169 W JP2020030169 W JP 2020030169W WO 2021059768 A1 WO2021059768 A1 WO 2021059768A1
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  • This disclosure relates to communication devices, communication methods, and communication programs.
  • IM Index Modulation, Parallel Combinatory Modulation, index modulation, or combination modulation
  • the conventional IM technology has fully utilized the available resource elements. Therefore, it cannot be said that the conventional IM technology can realize high communication performance such as a low error rate.
  • the communication device of one form according to the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit for acquiring a bit sequence and a plurality of complex signal points including a non-zero complex signal point and a zero complex signal point for the bit sequence.
  • a conversion unit for converting into a predetermined complex signal point sequence composed of is provided, and at least one of the predetermined complex signal point series includes a plurality of complex signal points constituting the complex signal point series, respectively. It is a first complex signal point series having any complex signal point or zero complex signal point in the first signal point set composed of non-2 powers of complex signal points, and the conversion unit is Convert one of the bit sequences to at least the first complex signal point sequence.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of signal processing related to data transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the communication device that performs signal processing (transmission processing) of the present embodiment includes FEC (Forward Error Correction) coding and rate matching block 1001, scrambling and interleaving block 1002, and constellation mapping.
  • a resource element mapping block 1003, a waveform modulation block 1004, and an analog / RF processing block 1005 are provided.
  • an input information sequence for example, a bit sequence
  • an RF radio frequency
  • the FEC coding and rate matching block 1001 acquires an input information sequence.
  • the FEC coding and rate matching block 1001 acquires a bit sequence (for example, Transport Block, Packet, Frame, etc.) sent from an upper layer (for example, data link layer, Layer 2, etc.) as an input information sequence. To do.
  • the FEC coding and rate matching block 1001 provides error detection coding (CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check, etc.) and error correction coding (FEC: Forward Error Correction, for example, Turbo Coding, Convolutional Coding, LDPC Coding, etc.) for the input information series. , Polar Coding, Reed-Solomon Coding, etc.), and code rate adjustment (Rate Matching, for example, Puncturing, Repetition, etc.).
  • the scrambling and interleaving block 1002 performs scrambling and interleaving on the coded bit sequence output from the FEC coding and rate matching block 1001 to further enhance the effect of error correction.
  • the constellation mapping and resource element mapping block 1003 converts the bit sequence output from the scrambling and interleaving block 1002 into a complex signal point sequence and arranges the bit sequence on the resource element according to the method of the present embodiment. .. More specifically, the constellation mapping and resource element mapping block 1003 converts the bit sequence output from the scrambling and interleaving block 1002 into a complex signal point sequence based on a predetermined constellation (complex signal point set). Convert. In the mapping from the bit string to the complex signal point, various constellations such as FSK (Frequency Shift Keying), ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying), PSK (Phase Shift Keying), and QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) can be used. Further, the resource element mapping block 14 maps each of the complex signal points included in the converted complex signal point series to the resource element.
  • FSK Frequency Shift Keying
  • ASK Amplitude Shift Keying
  • PSK Phase Shift Keying
  • QAM
  • the waveform modulation block 1004 performs waveform modulation (Waveform Modulation) on each complex signal point arranged in the resource element by the constellation mapping and the resource element mapping block 1003.
  • the waveform modulation block 1004 includes OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access), SC-FDMA (Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access), GFDMA (Generalized Frequency Division Multiple Access), FDMA (Filtered OFDMA), and UFMC (Universal Filtered).
  • OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • SC-FDMA Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • GFDMA Generalized Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • FDMA Fintered OFDMA
  • UFMC Universal Filtered
  • the analog / RF processing block 1005 performs digital-to-analog conversion (DAC: Digital-to-Analog Conversion), then performs analog processing and RF processing, and transmits radio waves from the antenna.
  • DAC Digital-to-Analog Conversion
  • the resource elements include frequency resources (subcarriers, subchannels, resource blocks, etc.), time resources (symbols, slots, frames, etc.), and spatial resources (antennas, antenna ports, spatial layers, spatial streams, etc.). Etc.) or one unit of a resource (ie, a unit resource) specified by at least one of a code pattern (diffuse code pattern, antenna pattern, scramble pattern, etc.).
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of resource element mapping in a conventional typical modulation method.
  • the complex signal points s1 to s4 are arranged in all of the available resource elements # 1 to # 4.
  • the horizontal axis is any resource element.
  • the complex signal point si is a complex signal point located at the i-th resource element.
  • the information represented by the complex signal point is also referred to as the information to be put on the complex signal point.
  • Representing information by a complex signal point is also referred to as putting information on the complex signal point.
  • IM Index Modulation
  • the IM uses a plurality of resource elements (for example, frequency, time, spatial layer, precoding matrix, antenna port, antenna, etc.) used for modulation (for example, N), and is a resource element for arranging complex signal points, zero. It is a modulation method that puts information on how to combine the resource elements that place the antenna.
  • IM is also referred to as Parallel Combinatory Modulation, combination modulation, Tone-Phase-Shift Keying, and the like.
  • the complex signal point is not arranged in all the available resource elements, but the complex signal point is arranged only in a specific position (the position of the specific resource element).
  • a part of the input information sequence is modulated into a complex signal point, and the modulated complex signal point is arranged at a position corresponding to a part of the input information sequence among the available resource elements. That is, in IM, information is represented by the position where the complex signal point is arranged in addition to the complex signal point.
  • the arrangement of complex signal points may be regarded as ON / OFF of the resource element.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of modulation by a conventional IM.
  • the horizontal axis is any resource element.
  • the complex signal point si is a complex signal point located at the i-th resource element. No complex signal point is arranged in the resource element in which the complex signal point si is not shown.
  • a complex signal point is arranged in one of the four available resource elements # 1 to # 4.
  • N is the number of available resource elements
  • K is the number of resource elements in which the complex signal points are arranged.
  • Information "00" is represented by arranging the complex signal point s1 in the resource element # 1.
  • By arranging the complex signal point s2 in the resource element # 2 "01" is represented.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining another example of modulation by the conventional IM.
  • the horizontal axis is any resource element.
  • the complex signal point si is a complex signal point located at the i-th resource element. No complex signal point is arranged in the resource element in which the complex signal point si is not shown.
  • Information "00" is represented by arranging the complex signal points s1 and s2 in the resource elements # 1 and # 2.
  • By arranging the complex signal points s1 and s3 in the resource elements # 1 and # 3, "01" is represented.
  • the information represented by the position of the resource element where the complex signal point is placed is also called the information to be put on how to use the resource element.
  • Representing information by the position of the resource element is also referred to as putting information on how to use the resource element.
  • N be the number of resource elements used to carry the complex signal point sequence modulated by one IM.
  • N be the number of resource elements required to carry the modulated complex signal point sequence from the input information sequence of a predetermined bit length.
  • the predetermined bit length is the sum of the bit length of the information to be put on the usage of the resource element and the bit length of the information to be put on the resource element.
  • N resource elements are also referred to as resource element blocks.
  • N is the number of resource elements per resource element block.
  • K be the number of resource elements in which the complex signal points are arranged in the resource element block.
  • the minimum value of K is 1.
  • M complex signal points such as M-ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying), M-PSK (Phase Shift Keying), and M-QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) are candidate sets of complex signal points.
  • a set of signal points composed of is used.
  • the error rate is improved by reducing the occurrence of this waste as much as possible.
  • a signal point arrangement composed of non-2 powers (non-2 m ) of complex signal points is introduced into the IM.
  • the communication system 1 includes a base station device and can be wirelessly connected to a terminal device.
  • the communication system 1 may be compatible with wireless access technology (RAT: Radio Access Technology) such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) and NR (New Radio).
  • RAT Radio Access Technology
  • LTE and NR are a kind of cellular communication technology, and enable mobile communication of a terminal device by arranging a plurality of areas covered by a base station in a cell shape.
  • LTE includes LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), LTE-A Pro (LTE-Advanced Pro), and EUTRA (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access).
  • NR shall include NLAT (New Radio Access Technology) and FEUTRA (Further EUTRA).
  • a single base station may manage a plurality of cells.
  • the cell corresponding to LTE is referred to as an LTE cell
  • the cell corresponding to NR is referred to as an NR cell.
  • NR is the next generation (5th generation) wireless access technology (RAT) of LTE (4th generation communication including LTE-Advanced and LTE-Advanced Pro).
  • RAT wireless access technology
  • LTE 4th generation communication including LTE-Advanced and LTE-Advanced Pro
  • NR is a wireless access technology that can support various use cases including eMBB (Enhanced Mobile Broadband), mMTC (Massive Machine Type Communications) and URLLC (Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications).
  • eMBB Enhanced Mobile Broadband
  • mMTC Massive Machine Type Communications
  • URLLC Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the communication system 1 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • Communication system 1 is a wireless communication system that provides a wireless access network to a terminal device.
  • communication system 1 is a cellular communication system using wireless access technology such as LTE and NR.
  • the radio access network may be E-UTRAN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network) or NG-RAN (Next Generation Radio Access Network).
  • the communication system 1 includes a management device 10, a base station device 20, a relay device 30, and a terminal device 40.
  • the communication system 1 provides a user with a wireless network capable of mobile communication by operating the wireless communication devices constituting the communication system 1 in cooperation with each other.
  • the radio network of this embodiment is composed of a radio access network RAN and a core network CN.
  • the wireless communication device is a device having a wireless communication function, and in the example of FIG. 5, the base station device 20, the relay device 30, and the terminal device 40 correspond to each other.
  • the communication system 1 may include a plurality of management devices 10, a base station device 20, a relay device 30, and a terminal device 40, respectively.
  • the communication system 1 includes management devices 10 1 , 10 2 and the like as the management device 10.
  • the communication system 1 includes base station apparatus 20 1 as a base station apparatus 20 has a 20 2, 20 3, etc., and a relay apparatus 30 1, 30 2, etc. as the relay device 30.
  • the communication system 1 includes a terminal device 40 1, 40 2, 40 3, etc. as a terminal device 40.
  • the device in the figure may be considered as a device in a logical sense. That is, a part of the devices in the figure may be realized by a virtual machine (VM: Virtual Machine), a container (Container), a docker (Docker), etc., and they may be implemented on physically the same hardware.
  • VM Virtual Machine
  • Container Container
  • Docker docker
  • the LTE base station may be referred to as eNodeB (Evolved Node B) or eNB.
  • the NR base station may be referred to as NGRAN Node (Next Generation RAN node), gNodeB or gNB.
  • a terminal device also referred to as a mobile station, mobile station device, or terminal
  • UE User Equipment
  • the terminal device is a kind of communication device, and is also referred to as a mobile station, a mobile station device, or a terminal.
  • the concept of a communication device includes not only a portable mobile device (terminal device) such as a mobile terminal, but also a device installed on a structure or a mobile body.
  • the structure or the moving body itself may be regarded as a communication device.
  • the concept of a communication device includes not only a terminal device but also a base station device and a relay device.
  • a communication device is a type of processing device and information processing device. Further, the communication device can be paraphrased as a transmission device or a reception device.
  • the management device 10 is a device that manages a wireless network.
  • the management device 10 is a device that manages the communication of the base station device 20.
  • the management device 10 is a device that functions as an MME (Mobility Management Entity), an AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function), or an SMF (Session Management Function).
  • the MME is connected to the EUTRAN by the S1 interface, controls NAS (Non-Access Stratum) signaling with the UE, and manages the mobility of the UE.
  • the AMF is connected to the NGRAN by an NG interface, controls NAS (Non-Access Stratum) signaling with the UE, and manages the mobility of the UE.
  • the management device 10 may be included in the core network CN together with the gateway device and the like.
  • the core network CN is, for example, a network owned by a predetermined entity (subject) such as a mobile communication operator.
  • the core network CN is EPC (Evolved Packet Core) or 5GC (5G Core network).
  • the predetermined entity may be the same as the entity that uses, operates, and / or manages the base station apparatus 20, or may be different.
  • the core network transfers user data between the packet data network (OPDN) or the data network (DN) and the RAN, in addition to the control plane (C-Plane) node such as the management device 10.
  • It may include a user plane (U-Plane) node.
  • the U-Plane node in the EPC may include an S-GW (Serving Gateway) and a P-GW (PDN-Gateway).
  • the U-Plane node in 5GC may include UPF (U-Plane Function).
  • the management device 10 determines the position of the terminal device 40 (UE) in the communication system 1 for each terminal device 40 in an area unit (for example, Tracking Area, RAN Notification Area) composed of a plurality of cells. Manage to.
  • the management device 10 determines for each terminal device 40 which base station (or cell) the terminal device 40 is connected to, which base station (or cell) the communication area is in, and the like. It may be grasped and managed on a cell-by-cell basis.
  • the management device 10 may have a gateway function.
  • the management device 10 may have a function as an S-GW or a P-GW.
  • the management device 10 may have a function as an UPF (User Plane Function).
  • the management device 10 may be SMF, PCF, UDM, or the like.
  • the core network CN may include SMF, PCF, UDM and the like.
  • the management device 10 does not necessarily have to be a device that constitutes the core network CN.
  • the core network CN is a core network of W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) or cdma2000 (Code Division Multiple Access 2000).
  • the management device 10 may be a device that functions as an RNC (Radio Network Controller).
  • the management device 10 is connected to each of the plurality of base station devices 20.
  • each of the plurality of base station devices 20 For example, in the case of 5GS, there is an N2 reference point between the AMF and the NG-RAN, and the AMF and the NG-RAN are logically connected to each other via the NG interface.
  • the management device 10 manages the communication of the base station device 20. For example, the management device 10 manages the position of the terminal device 40 for each terminal device 40 in an area unit (for example, Tracking Area, RAN Notification Area) composed of a plurality of cells. The management device 10 determines which base station device (or which cell) the terminal device 40 is connected to, which base station device (or which cell) is in the communication area, and the like. It may be grasped and managed for each.
  • an area unit for example, Tracking Area, RAN Notification Area
  • the base station device 20 is a wireless communication device that wirelessly communicates with the terminal device 40.
  • the base station device 20 is a type of communication device. Further, the base station device 20 is a kind of information processing device.
  • the base station device 20 may be, for example, a device corresponding to a wireless base station (Base Station, Node B, eNB, gNB, etc.) or a wireless access point (Access Point).
  • a wireless base station Base Station, Node B, eNB, gNB, etc.
  • the base station device 20 may be referred to as 3GPP access (3GPP Access).
  • 3GPP Access 3GPP Access
  • non-3GPP access Non-3GPP Access
  • the base station device 20 may be a wireless relay station (Relay Node).
  • the base station device 20 may be an optical overhanging device called RRH (Remote Radio Head).
  • the base station device 20 may be a receiving station device such as an FPU (Field Pickup Unit). Further, the base station apparatus 20 is an IAB (Integrated Access and Backhaul) donor node or an IAB relay node that provides a wireless access line and a wireless backhaul line by time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, or space division multiplexing. You may.
  • IAB Integrated Access and Backhaul
  • IAB relay node that provides a wireless access line and a wireless backhaul line by time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, or space division multiplexing. You may.
  • the base station device 20 When the base station device 20 is gNB, the base station device may be referred to as a combination of gNB CU (Central Unit) and gNB DU (Distributed Unit), or any of these.
  • the base station of the wireless communication system may be referred to as a base station device.
  • the base station device 20 may be configured to be capable of wireless communication with another base station device 20.
  • the devices when a plurality of base station devices 20 are eNBs or a combination of eNBs and gNBs, the devices may be connected by an X2 interface. Further, when a plurality of base station devices 20 are gNBs or a combination of eNBs and gNBs, the devices may be connected by an Xn interface.
  • a plurality of base station devices 20 are a combination of gNB CU and gNB DU, the devices may be connected by an F1 interface.
  • the message information (RRC signaling or DCI information) described later may be communicated between the plurality of base station devices 20 (for example, via the X2, Xn, and F1 interfaces).
  • the wireless access technology used by the base station device 20 may be a cellular communication technology or a wireless LAN technology. Of course, the wireless access technology used by the base station apparatus 20 is not limited to these, and may be another wireless access technology.
  • the wireless access technology used by the base station device 20 may be LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) communication technology.
  • LPWA communication is communication conforming to the LPWA standard. Examples of LPWA standards include ELTRES, ZETA, SIGFOX, LoRaWAN, NB-IoT and the like. Of course, the LPWA standard is not limited to these, and other LPWA standards may be used.
  • the wireless communication used by the base station apparatus 20 may be wireless communication using millimeter waves. Further, the wireless communication used by the base station device 20 may be wireless communication using radio waves, or wireless communication (optical wireless) using infrared rays or visible light.
  • the base station device 20 may be capable of NOMA (Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access) communication with the terminal device 40.
  • NOMA communication refers to communication (transmission, reception, or both) using non-orthogonal resources.
  • the base station device 20 may be configured to be capable of NOMA communication with another base station device 20 and a relay device 30.
  • the base station device 20 may be able to communicate with each other via an interface between the base station device and the core network (for example, S1 Interface, etc.). This interface may be wired or wireless. Further, the base station devices may be able to communicate with each other via an interface between the base station devices (for example, X2 Interface, S1 Interface, etc.). This interface may be wired or wireless.
  • the plurality of base station devices 20 may be able to communicate with each other via a base station device-core network interface (for example, NG Interface, S1 Interface, etc.). This interface may be wired or wireless. Further, the base station devices may be able to communicate with each other via an interface between the base station devices (for example, Xn Interface, X2 Interface, etc.). This interface may be wired or wireless.
  • a base station device-core network interface for example, NG Interface, S1 Interface, etc.
  • This interface may be wired or wireless.
  • the base station devices may be able to communicate with each other via an interface between the base station devices (for example, Xn Interface, X2 Interface, etc.). This interface may be wired or wireless.
  • the base station device 20 may be composed of a set of a plurality of physical or logical devices.
  • the base station is classified into a plurality of devices of BBU (Baseband Unit) and RU (Radio Unit), and may be interpreted as an aggregate of these plurality of devices.
  • the base station may be either or both of BBU and RU.
  • the BBU and RU may be connected by a predetermined interface (for example, eCPRI).
  • the RU may be referred to as an RRU (Remote Radio Unit) or an RD (Radio DoT).
  • the RU may correspond to the gNB-DU described later.
  • the BBU may correspond to the gNB-CU described later.
  • the RU may be a device integrally formed with the antenna.
  • the antenna of the base station (for example, the antenna integrally formed with the RU) may adopt the Advanced Antenna System and support MIMO (for example, FD-MIMO) or beamforming.
  • the antenna (antenna formed integrally with the eg and RU) of the base station includes, for example, 64 transmitting antenna ports and 64 receiving antenna ports. You may.
  • a plurality of base station devices 20 may be connected to each other.
  • One or a plurality of base station devices 20 may be included in a radio access network (Radio Access Network: RAN). That is, the base station may be simply referred to as a RAN, a RAN node, an AN (Access Network), or an AN node.
  • RAN in LTE is called EUTRAN (Enhanced Universal Terrestrial RAN).
  • RAN in NR is called NGRAN.
  • the RAN in W-CDMA (UMTS) is called UTRAN.
  • the LTE base station may be referred to as eNodeB (Evolved Node B) or eNB. That is, EUTRAN includes one or more eNodeBs (eNBs). Further, the base station of NR may be referred to as gNodeB or gNB. That is, NGRAN contains one or more gNBs. Further, the EUTRAN may include a gNB (en-gNB) connected to a core network (EPC) in the LTE communication system (EPS). Similarly, the NGRAN may include an ng-eNB connected to the core network 5GC in a 5G communication system (5GS).
  • EUTRAN includes one or more eNodeBs (eNBs).
  • gNodeB or gNB the base station of NR may be referred to as gNodeB or gNB. That is, NGRAN contains one or more gNBs.
  • the EUTRAN may include a gNB (en-gNB) connected to a core network (
  • the base station when the base station is eNB, gNB, etc., it may be called 3GPP Access. Further, when the base station is a wireless access point (Access Point), it may be referred to as Non-3GPP Access. Further, the base station may be an optical overhanging device called RRH (Remote Radio Head). Further or instead, when the base station is gNB, the base station may be referred to as a combination of the above-mentioned gNB CU (Central Unit) and gNB DU (Distributed Unit), or any one of them.
  • gNB CU Central Unit
  • gNB DU Distributed Unit
  • the gNB CU hosts a plurality of upper layers (for example, RRC, SDAP, PDCP) of the Access Stratum for communication with the UE.
  • gNB-DU hosts a plurality of lower layers (for example, RLC, MAC, PHY) in Access Stratum. That is, among the messages and information described later, RRC signaling (quasi-static notification) may be generated by gNB CU, and DCI (dynamic notification) may be generated by gNB-DU.
  • RRC signaling quadsi-static notification
  • DCI dynamic notification
  • some configurations such as cellGroupConfig IE (Information Elements) may be generated by gNB-DU, and the remaining configurations may be generated by gNB-CU. These configurations may be transmitted and received on the F1 interface.
  • the base station device 20 may be configured to be able to communicate with another base station device 20.
  • the base station devices 20 may be connected by an X2 interface.
  • the devices may be connected by an Xn interface.
  • the devices may be connected by the F1 interface described above.
  • Messages and information may be communicated between multiple base stations (eg, via X2, Xn, F1 interfaces).
  • the base station device 20 can be used, operated, and / or managed by various entities.
  • the entities include a mobile network operator (MNO: Mobile Network Operator), a virtual mobile network operator (MVNO: Mobile Virtual Network Operator), a virtual mobile communication enabler (MVNE: Mobile Virtual Network Enabler), and a neutral host.
  • MNO Mobile Network Operator
  • MVNO Mobile Virtual Network Operator
  • MVNE Virtual Mobile Network Enabler
  • NTN Neutral Host Network
  • operators enterprises, educational institutions (school corporations, local government education committees, etc.), real estate (buildings, condominiums, etc.) managers, individuals, etc. can be assumed.
  • the base station device 20 may be installed and / or operated by one business operator, or may be installed and / or operated by one individual.
  • the installation / operation entity of the base station device 20 is not limited to these.
  • the base station device 20 may be jointly installed and operated by a plurality of businesses or a plurality of individuals.
  • the base station device 20 may be a shared facility used by a plurality of businesses or a plurality of individuals. In this case, the installation and / or operation of the equipment may be carried out by a third party different from the user.
  • the concept of a base station device includes not only a donor base station but also a relay base station (also referred to as a relay station, a relay station, a relay base station, or a relay station device). Further, the concept of a base station includes not only a structure having a function of a base station but also a device installed in the structure.
  • Structures are, for example, high-rise buildings, houses, steel towers, station facilities, airport facilities, port facilities, stadiums, and other buildings.
  • the concept of structure includes not only buildings but also non-building structures such as tunnels, bridges, dams, walls, and iron pillars, and equipment such as cranes, gates, and windmills.
  • the concept of structures includes not only structures on land (above ground in a narrow sense) or underground, but also structures on water such as piers and mega floats, and structures underwater such as ocean observation facilities.
  • the base station device can be rephrased as a processing device or an information processing device.
  • the base station device 20 may be a donor station or a relay station (relay station). Further, the base station apparatus 20 may be a fixed station or a mobile station.
  • a mobile station is a wireless communication device (for example, a base station device) configured to be mobile.
  • the base station device 20 may be a device installed on the mobile body or may be the mobile body itself.
  • a relay station device having mobility can be regarded as a base station device 20 as a mobile station.
  • devices that are originally mobile devices such as vehicles, drones (Aerial Vehicles), and smartphones and that are equipped with the functions of base station devices (at least some of the functions of base station devices) are also bases as mobile stations. Corresponds to the station device 20.
  • the mobile body may be a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a mobile phone.
  • the moving body may be a moving body (for example, a vehicle such as a car, a bicycle, a bus, a truck, a motorcycle, a train, a linear motor car, etc.) that moves on land (ground in a narrow sense), or in the ground (for example, a vehicle).
  • a moving body for example, a subway moving in a tunnel.
  • the moving body may be a moving body moving on water (for example, a ship such as a passenger ship, a cargo ship, or a hovercraft), or a moving body moving underwater (for example, a submarine, a submarine, an unmanned submarine, etc. It may be a submarine).
  • a moving body moving on water for example, a ship such as a passenger ship, a cargo ship, or a hovercraft
  • a moving body moving underwater for example, a submarine, a submarine, an unmanned submarine, etc. It may be a submarine).
  • the moving body may be a moving body moving in the atmosphere (for example, an aircraft such as an airplane, an airship, or a drone (Aerial Vehicle)), or a moving body moving outside the atmosphere (for example, an artificial satellite, space). It may be an artificial celestial body such as a ship, a space station, or a spacecraft).
  • a moving body that moves outside the atmosphere can be rephrased as a space moving body.
  • the base station device 20 may be a ground base station device (ground station device) installed on the ground.
  • the base station device 20 may be a base station device arranged on a structure on the ground, or may be a base station device installed on a mobile body moving on the ground.
  • the base station device 20 may be an antenna installed in a structure such as a building and a signal processing device connected to the antenna.
  • the base station device 20 may be a structure or a moving body itself. "Ground" is not only on land (ground in a narrow sense) but also on the ground in a broad sense including underground, water, and water.
  • the base station device 20 is not limited to the ground base station device.
  • the base station device 20 may be a non-ground base station device (non-ground station device) capable of floating in the air or in space.
  • the base station device 20 may be an aircraft station device or a satellite station device.
  • the aircraft station device is a wireless communication device that can float in the atmosphere (including the stratosphere) such as aircraft.
  • the aircraft station device may be a device mounted on an aircraft or the like, or may be an aircraft itself.
  • the concept of an aircraft includes not only heavy aircraft such as airplanes and gliders, but also light aircraft such as balloons and airships.
  • the concept of an aircraft includes not only heavy aircraft and light aircraft, but also rotary-wing aircraft such as helicopters and autogyros.
  • the aircraft station device (or the aircraft on which the aircraft station device is mounted) may be an unmanned aerial vehicle such as a drone (Aerial Vehicle).
  • the aircraft station device When the aircraft station device functions as a UE (User Equipment), the aircraft station device may be an Aerial UE.
  • unmanned aerial vehicle also includes unmanned aerial vehicle systems (UAS: Unmanned Aircraft Systems) and tethered unmanned aerial vehicles (tethered UAS).
  • UAS Unmanned Aircraft Systems
  • tethered UAS tethered unmanned aerial vehicles
  • unmanned aerial vehicle includes a light unmanned aerial vehicle system (LTA: Lighter than Air UAS) and a heavy unmanned aerial vehicle system (HTA: Heavier than Air UAS).
  • HAPs High Altitude UAS Platforms
  • the satellite station device is a wireless communication device that can float outside the atmosphere.
  • the satellite station device may be a device mounted on a space mobile body such as an artificial satellite, or may be a space mobile body itself. Satellites that serve as satellite station equipment are low earth orbit (LEO: Low Earth Orbiting) satellites, medium earth orbit (MEO: Medium Earth Orbiting) satellites, geostationary (GEO: Geostationary Earth Orbiting) satellites, and high elliptical orbit (HEO: Highly Elliptical Orbiting). It may be any satellite.
  • the satellite station device may be a device mounted on a low earth orbit satellite, a medium earth orbit satellite, a geostationary satellite, or a high elliptical orbit satellite.
  • the size of the coverage of the base station apparatus 20 may be from a large one such as a macro cell to a small one such as a pico cell. Of course, the size of the coverage of the base station apparatus 20 may be extremely small, such as a femtocell. Further, the base station apparatus 20 may have a beamforming capability. In this case, the base station apparatus 20 may form a cell or a service area for each beam.
  • the cell provided by the base station apparatus 20 is called a serving cell.
  • the serving cell may include pCell (Primary Cell) and sCell (Secondary Cell).
  • pCell Primary Cell
  • sCell Secondary Cell
  • MN Master Node
  • dual connectivity include EUTRA-EUTRA Dual Connectivity, EUTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (ENDC), EUTRA-NR Dual Connectivity with 5GC, NR-EUTRA Dual Connectivity (NEDC), and NR-NR Dual Connectivity.
  • the serving cell may include a PSCell (Primary Secondary Cell or Primary SCG Cell). That is, when dual connectivity is provided to the UE, the PSCell and sCell (s) provided by the SN (Secondary Node) are called SCG (Secondary Cell Group).
  • PSCell Primary Secondary Cell or Primary SCG Cell
  • SCG Secondary Cell Group
  • One downlink component carrier (Downlink Component Carrier) and one uplink component carrier (Uplink Component Carrier) may be associated with one cell.
  • the system bandwidth corresponding to one cell may be divided into a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP: Bandwidth Part).
  • BWP Bandwidth Part
  • one or a plurality of BWPs may be set in the UE, and one BWP may be used in the UE as an active BWP (Active BWP).
  • the radio resources for example, frequency band, numerology (subcarrier spacing), slot format (Slot configuration)
  • one base station apparatus may provide a plurality of cells.
  • the base station apparatus 20 1 is connected to the relay device 30 1, the base station apparatus 20 2 is connected to the relay device 30 2.
  • the base station apparatus 20 1 is able to indirectly communicate wirelessly with the terminal device 40 via the relay device 30 1.
  • the base station apparatus 20 2 it is possible to indirectly communicate wirelessly with the terminal device 40 via the relay device 30 2.
  • the relay device 30 is a device that serves as a relay station for the base station.
  • the relay device 30 is a type of base station device. Further, the relay device 30 is a kind of information processing device.
  • the relay device can be rephrased as a relay base station device (or a relay base station).
  • the relay device 30 can perform wireless communication such as NOMA communication with the terminal device 40.
  • the relay device 30 relays the communication between the base station device 20 and the terminal device 40.
  • the relay device 30 may be configured to enable wireless communication with another relay device 30 and the base station device 20.
  • the relay device 30 may be a ground station device or a non-ground station device.
  • the relay device 30 and the base station device 20 form a radio access network RAN.
  • the relay device of the present embodiment may be a fixed device, a movable device, or a floating device. Further, the size of the coverage of the relay device of the present embodiment is not limited to a specific size. For example, the cell covered by the relay device may be a macro cell, a micro cell, or a small cell.
  • the relay device of the present embodiment is not limited to the device to be mounted as long as the relay function is satisfied.
  • the repeater may be mounted on a terminal device such as a smartphone, mounted on a car or a rickshaw, mounted on a balloon, an airplane, or a drone, or mounted on a television, a game machine, or an air conditioner. , Refrigerators, lighting fixtures and other home appliances.
  • the configuration of the relay device 30 may be the same as the configuration of the base station device 20 described above.
  • the relay device 30 may be a device installed on the mobile body or may be the mobile body itself, similarly to the base station device 20 described above.
  • the mobile body may be a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a mobile phone.
  • the moving body may be a moving body that moves on land (ground in a narrow sense) or may be a moving body that moves in the ground.
  • the moving body may be a moving body that moves on the water or a moving body that moves in the water.
  • the moving body may be a moving body moving in the atmosphere or a moving body moving out of the atmosphere.
  • the base station device 20 may be a ground station device or a non-ground station device.
  • the relay device 30 may be an aircraft station device or a satellite station device.
  • the size of the coverage of the relay device 30 may be as large as that of the macro cell to as small as that of the pico cell, as in the base station device 20. Of course, the size of the coverage of the relay device 30 may be extremely small, such as a femtocell. Further, the relay device 30 may have a beamforming ability. In this case, the relay device 30 may form a cell or a service area for each beam.
  • the configuration of the relay device 30 may be the same as the configuration of the base station device 20 described above.
  • the terminal device 40 is a wireless communication device that wirelessly communicates with the base station device 20 or the relay device 30.
  • the terminal device 40 is, for example, a mobile phone, a smart device (smartphone or tablet), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or a personal computer.
  • the terminal device 40 may be a device such as a commercial camera provided with a communication function, or may be a motorcycle, a mobile relay vehicle, or the like equipped with a communication device such as an FPU (Field Pickup Unit). ..
  • the terminal device 40 may be an M2M (Machine to Machine) device or an IoT (Internet of Things) device.
  • the terminal device 40 is, for example, an MTC UE, an NB-IoT UE, a Cat. Sometimes referred to as MUE. Further, the terminal device may be referred to as an MS (Mobile Station) or a WTRU (Wireless Transmission Reception Unit).
  • the terminal device 40 may be capable of side link communication with another terminal device 40.
  • the terminal device 40 may be able to use an automatic retransmission technique such as HARQ when performing side link communication.
  • the terminal device 40 may be capable of NOMA communication with the base station device 20 and the relay device 30.
  • the terminal device 40 may also be capable of NOMA communication in communication (side link) with another terminal device 40.
  • the terminal device 40 may be capable of LPWA communication with other communication devices (for example, the base station device 20, the relay device 30, and the other terminal device 40).
  • the wireless communication used by the terminal device 40 may be wireless communication using millimeter waves.
  • the wireless communication (including side link communication) used by the terminal device 40 may be wireless communication using radio waves or wireless communication using infrared rays or visible light (optical radio). Good.
  • the terminal device 40 may be a mobile device.
  • the mobile device is a mobile wireless communication device.
  • the terminal device 40 may be a wireless communication device installed on the mobile body or may be the mobile body itself.
  • the terminal device 40 may be a vehicle (Vehicle) moving on the road such as an automobile, a bus, a truck, or a motorcycle, or a wireless communication device mounted on the vehicle.
  • the moving body may be a mobile terminal, or may be a moving body that moves on land (ground in a narrow sense), in the ground, on the water, or in the water.
  • the moving body may be a moving body such as a drone (Aerial UE) or a helicopter that moves in the atmosphere, or a moving body that moves outside the atmosphere such as an artificial satellite.
  • the terminal device 40 may be connected to a plurality of base station devices or a plurality of cells at the same time to perform communication. For example, when one base station apparatus can provide a plurality of cells, the terminal apparatus 40 can perform carrier aggregation by using one cell as a pCell and another cell as an sCell. Further, when the plurality of base station devices 20 can each provide one or a plurality of cells, the terminal device 40 pCells one or a plurality of cells managed by one of the base station devices (MN (for example, MeNB or MgNB)).
  • MN for example, MeNB or MgNB
  • DC Dual Connectivity
  • MC Multi Connectivity
  • CA Carrier Aggregation
  • DC Dual Connectivity
  • MC Multi-Connectivity
  • the terminal device 40 and the plurality of base station devices 20 can communicate with each other through the cells of different base station devices 20 by the coordinated multi-point transmission and reception (CoMP) technology.
  • CoMP coordinated multi-point transmission and reception
  • the terminal device 40 does not necessarily have to be a device directly used by a person.
  • the terminal device 40 may be a sensor installed in a machine or the like in a factory, such as a so-called MTC (Machine Type Communication).
  • the terminal device 40 may be an M2M (Machine to Machine) device or an IoT (Internet of Things) device.
  • the terminal device 40 may be a device having a relay communication function, as typified by D2D (Device to Device) and V2X (Vehicle to everything).
  • the terminal device 40 may be a device called CPE (Client Premises Equipment) used in a wireless backhaul or the like.
  • CPE Customer Premises Equipment
  • each device constituting the communication system 1 will be specifically described.
  • the configuration of each device shown below is just an example.
  • the configuration of each device may differ from the configuration below.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the management device 10 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the management device 10 is a device that manages a wireless network.
  • the management device 10 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a control unit 13.
  • the configuration shown in FIG. 6 is a functional configuration, and the hardware configuration may be different from this. Further, the functions of the management device 10 may be distributed and implemented in a plurality of physically separated configurations.
  • the management device 10 may be composed of a plurality of server devices.
  • the communication unit 11 is a communication interface for communicating with other devices.
  • the communication unit 11 may be a network interface or a device connection interface.
  • the communication unit 11 may be a LAN (Local Area Network) interface such as a NIC (Network Interface Card), or a USB interface composed of a USB (Universal Serial Bus) host controller, a USB port, or the like. May be good.
  • the communication unit 11 may be a wired interface or a wireless interface.
  • the communication unit 11 functions as a communication means of the management device 10.
  • the communication unit 11 communicates with the base station device 20 under the control of the control unit 13.
  • the storage unit 12 is a storage device capable of reading and writing data such as DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), flash memory, and hard disk.
  • the storage unit 12 functions as a storage means for the management device 10.
  • the storage unit 12 stores, for example, the connection state of the terminal device 40.
  • the storage unit 12 stores the state of the RRC (Radio Resource Control) and the state of the ECM (EPS Connection Management) of the terminal device 40.
  • the storage unit 12 may function as a home memory for storing the position information of the terminal device 40.
  • the control unit 13 is a controller that controls each unit of the management device 10.
  • the control unit 13 is realized by, for example, a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit).
  • the control unit 13 is realized by the processor executing various programs stored in the storage device inside the management device 10 using a RAM (Random Access Memory) or the like as a work area.
  • the control unit 13 may be realized by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array).
  • the CPU, MPU, ASIC, and FPGA can all be regarded as controllers.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the base station device 20 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the base station apparatus 20 can simultaneously perform data transmission and data reception using the same band.
  • the base station device 20 can perform in-band full-duplex communication with other wireless communication devices such as the terminal device 40 and the relay device 30.
  • the base station device 20 may be capable of NOMA communication with another wireless communication device.
  • the base station device 20 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, a network communication unit 23, and a control unit 24.
  • the configuration shown in FIG. 7 is a functional configuration, and the hardware configuration may be different from this. Further, the functions of the base station apparatus 20 may be distributed and implemented in a plurality of physically separated configurations.
  • the communication unit 21 is a signal processing unit for wireless communication with other wireless communication devices (for example, a terminal device 40, a relay device 30, and another base station device 20).
  • the communication unit 21 can simultaneously perform data transmission and data reception using the same band.
  • the base station device 20 can perform in-band full-duplex communication with other communication devices such as the terminal device 40 and the relay device 30.
  • the communication unit 21 operates according to the control of the control unit 24.
  • the communication unit 21 corresponds to one or more wireless access methods.
  • the communication unit 21 corresponds to both NR and LTE.
  • the communication unit 21 may support W-CDMA and cdma2000 in addition to NR and LTE. Further, the communication unit 21 may support communication using NOMA.
  • the communication unit 21 includes a reception processing unit 211, a transmission processing unit 212, and an antenna 214.
  • the communication unit 21 may include a plurality of reception processing units 211, transmission processing units 212, and antennas 214, respectively.
  • each unit of the communication unit 21 may be individually configured for each wireless access method.
  • the reception processing unit 211 and the transmission processing unit 212 may be individually configured by LTE and NR.
  • the reception processing unit 211 processes the uplink signal received via the antenna 214.
  • the reception processing unit 211 includes a wireless reception unit 211a, a multiple separation unit 211b, a demodulation unit 211c, and a decoding unit 211d.
  • the wireless receiver 211a down-converts the uplink signal, removes unnecessary frequency components, controls the amplification level, orthogonal demodulation, converts to a digital signal, removes the guard interval (cyclic prefix), and performs a fast Fourier transform.
  • the frequency domain signal is extracted by.
  • the multiplex separation unit 211b separates uplink channels such as PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) and PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) and uplink reference signals from the signal output from the wireless reception unit 211a.
  • PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
  • PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • the demodulation unit 211c demodulates the received signal with respect to the modulation symbol of the uplink channel by using a modulation method such as BPSK (Binary Phase Shift Keying) or QPSK (Quadrature Phase shift Keying).
  • the modulation method used by the demodulation unit 211c may be 16QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), 64QAM, or 256QAM. In this case, the signal points on the constellation do not necessarily have to be equidistant.
  • the constellation may be a non-uniform constellation (NUC: Non Uniform Constellation).
  • the decoding unit 211d performs decoding processing on the coded bits of the demodulated uplink channel.
  • the decoded uplink data and uplink control information are output to the control unit 24.
  • the transmission processing unit 212 performs transmission processing of downlink control information and downlink data.
  • the transmission processing unit 212 includes a coding unit 212a, a modulation unit 212b, a multiplexing unit 212c, and a wireless transmission unit 212d.
  • the coding unit 212a encodes the downlink control information and the downlink data input from the control unit 24 by using a coding method such as block coding, convolutional coding, or turbo coding.
  • the coding unit 212a may be encoded by a polar code (Polar code) or by an LDPC code (Low Density Parity Check Code).
  • the modulation unit 212b modulates the coding bits output from the coding unit 212a by a predetermined modulation method such as BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM and the like. In this case, the signal points on the constellation do not necessarily have to be equidistant.
  • the constellation may be a non-uniform constellation.
  • the multiplexing unit 212c multiplexes the modulation symbol of each channel and the downlink reference signal and arranges them in a predetermined resource element.
  • the wireless transmission unit 212d performs various signal processing on the signal from the multiplexing unit 212c.
  • the radio transmitter 212d converts to the time domain by fast Fourier transform, adds a guard interval (cyclic prefix), generates a baseband digital signal, converts to an analog signal, quadrature modulation, up-converts, and extra. Performs processing such as removing frequency components and amplifying power.
  • the signal generated by the transmission processing unit 212 is transmitted from the antenna 214.
  • the storage unit 22 is a storage device that can read and write data such as DRAM, SRAM, flash memory, and hard disk.
  • the storage unit 22 functions as a storage means for the base station device 20.
  • the network communication unit 23 is a communication interface for communicating with a node (for example, the management device 10) located at a higher level on the network.
  • the network communication unit 23 is a LAN interface such as a NIC.
  • the network communication unit 23 may be a wired interface or a wireless interface.
  • the network communication unit 23 functions as a network communication means for the base station device 20.
  • the control unit 24 is a controller that controls each unit of the base station device 20.
  • the control unit 24 is realized by, for example, a processor (hardware processor) such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit).
  • the control unit 24 is realized by the processor executing various programs stored in the storage device inside the base station device 20 using a RAM (Random Access Memory) or the like as a work area.
  • the control unit 24 may be realized by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array).
  • the CPU, MPU, ASIC, and FPGA can all be regarded as controllers.
  • the control unit 24 includes an acquisition unit 241, a conversion unit 242, a setting unit 243, a reception unit 244, and a transmission unit 245.
  • Each block (acquisition unit 241 to transmission unit 245) constituting the control unit 24 is a functional block indicating the function of the control unit 24, respectively.
  • These functional blocks may be software blocks or hardware blocks.
  • each of the above-mentioned functional blocks may be one software module realized by software (including a microprocessor) or one circuit block on a semiconductor chip (die).
  • each functional block may be one processor or one integrated circuit. The method of configuring the functional block is arbitrary.
  • the control unit 24 may be configured in a functional unit different from the above-mentioned functional block.
  • the operation of each block (acquisition unit 241 to transmission unit 245) constituting the control unit 24 may be the same as the operation of each block constituting the control unit of the relay device 30.
  • the configuration of the relay device 30 will be described later.
  • the operation of each block (acquisition unit 241 to transmission unit 245) constituting the control unit 24 may be the same as the operation of each block constituting the control unit of the terminal device 40.
  • the configuration of the terminal device 40 will be described later.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the relay device 30 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the relay device 30 can simultaneously perform data transmission and data reception using the same band.
  • the relay device 30 can perform in-band full-duplex communication with other wireless communication devices such as the terminal device 40 and the relay device 30.
  • the relay device 30 may be capable of NOMA communication with another wireless communication device.
  • the relay device 30 includes a communication unit 31, a storage unit 32, a network communication unit 33, and a control unit 34.
  • the configuration shown in FIG. 8 is a functional configuration, and the hardware configuration may be different from this. Further, the functions of the relay device 30 may be distributed and implemented in a plurality of physically separated configurations.
  • the communication unit 31 is a signal processing unit for wireless communication with other wireless communication devices (for example, base station device 20, terminal device 40, and other relay device 30).
  • the communication unit 31 can simultaneously perform data transmission and data reception using the same band.
  • the communication unit 31 can perform in-band full-duplex communication with other communication devices such as the base station device 20 and the terminal device 40.
  • the communication unit 31 operates according to the control of the control unit 34.
  • the communication unit 31 corresponds to one or more wireless access methods.
  • the communication unit 41 corresponds to both NR and LTE.
  • the communication unit 31 may support W-CDMA and cdma2000 in addition to NR and LTE. Further, the communication unit 31 may support communication using NOMA.
  • the communication unit 31 includes a reception processing unit 311, a transmission processing unit 312, and an antenna 314.
  • the communication unit 31 may include a plurality of reception processing units 311, transmission processing units 312, and antennas 314, respectively.
  • the configurations of the communication unit 31, the reception processing unit 311, the transmission processing unit 312, and the antenna 314 are the same as those of the communication unit 21, the reception processing unit 211, the transmission processing unit 212, and the antenna 214 of the base station apparatus 20.
  • the storage unit 32 is a storage device that can read and write data such as DRAM, SRAM, flash memory, and hard disk.
  • the storage unit 32 functions as a storage means for the relay device 30.
  • the configuration of the storage unit 32 is the same as that of the storage unit 22 of the base station device 20.
  • the network communication unit 33 is a communication interface for communicating with a node located at a higher level on the network.
  • the network communication unit 33 is a LAN interface such as a NIC.
  • the network communication unit 33 may be a wired interface or a wireless interface.
  • the network communication unit 33 functions as a network communication means of the relay device 30.
  • the network communication unit 33 communicates with the base station device 20 under the control of the control unit 34.
  • the control unit 34 is a controller that controls each unit of the relay device 30.
  • the control unit 34 is realized by, for example, a processor (hardware processor) such as a CPU or MPU.
  • the control unit 34 is realized by the processor executing various programs stored in the storage device inside the relay device 30 with the RAM or the like as a work area.
  • the control unit 34 may be realized by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or FPGA.
  • the CPU, MPU, ASIC, and FPGA can all be regarded as controllers.
  • the control unit 34 includes an acquisition unit 341, a conversion unit 342, a setting unit 343, a reception unit 344, and a transmission unit 345.
  • Each block (acquisition unit 341 to transmission unit 345) constituting the control unit 34 is a functional block indicating the function of the control unit 34, respectively.
  • These functional blocks may be software blocks or hardware blocks.
  • each of the above-mentioned functional blocks may be one software module realized by software (including a microprocessor) or one circuit block on a semiconductor chip (die).
  • each functional block may be one processor or one integrated circuit. The method of configuring the functional block is arbitrary.
  • the control unit 34 may be configured in a functional unit different from the above-mentioned functional block.
  • the operation of each block (acquisition unit 341 to transmission unit 345) constituting the control unit 34 is the same as the operation of each block (acquisition unit 241 to transmission unit 245) constituting the control unit 24 of the base station apparatus 20. There may be.
  • the operation of each block (acquisition unit 341 to transmission unit 345) constituting the control unit 34 may be the same as the operation of each block constituting the control unit of the terminal device 40.
  • the configuration of the terminal device 40 will be described later.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the terminal device 40 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the terminal device 40 can simultaneously perform data transmission and data reception using the same band.
  • the terminal device 40 can perform in-band full-duplex communication with other wireless communication devices such as the base station device 20 and the relay device 30.
  • the terminal device 40 may be capable of NOMA communication with another wireless communication device.
  • the terminal device 40 includes a communication unit 41, a storage unit 42, a network communication unit 43, an input / output unit 44, and a control unit 45.
  • the configuration shown in FIG. 9 is a functional configuration, and the hardware configuration may be different from this. Further, the functions of the terminal device 40 may be distributed and implemented in a plurality of physically separated configurations. In the configuration of the terminal device 40, the network communication unit 43 and the input / output unit 44 do not have to be essential components.
  • the communication unit 41 is a signal processing unit for wireless communication with other wireless communication devices (for example, a base station device 20, a relay device 30, and another terminal device 40).
  • the communication unit 41 can simultaneously perform data transmission and data reception using the same band.
  • the communication unit 31 can perform in-band full-duplex communication with other communication devices such as the base station device 20 and the terminal device 40.
  • the communication unit 41 operates according to the control of the control unit 45.
  • the communication unit 41 corresponds to one or more wireless access methods.
  • the communication unit 41 corresponds to both NR and LTE.
  • the communication unit 41 may support W-CDMA and cdma2000 in addition to NR and LTE. Further, the communication unit 41 may support communication using NOMA.
  • the communication unit 41 includes a reception processing unit 411, a transmission processing unit 412, and an antenna 414.
  • the communication unit 41 may include a plurality of reception processing units 411, transmission processing units 412, and antennas 414, respectively.
  • the configurations of the communication unit 41, the reception processing unit 411, the transmission processing unit 412, and the antenna 414 are the same as those of the communication unit 21, the reception processing unit 211, the transmission processing unit 212, and the antenna 214 of the base station apparatus 20.
  • the storage unit 42 is a storage device that can read and write data such as DRAM, SRAM, flash memory, and hard disk.
  • the storage unit 42 functions as a storage means for the terminal device 40.
  • the storage unit 42 stores "information regarding transmission from the unconnected state (information for unconnected transmission)" acquired from the base station device 20. "Information regarding transmission from the unconnected state (information for unconnected transmission)" will be described in detail later.
  • the network communication unit 43 is a communication interface for communicating with a node located at a higher level on the network.
  • the network communication unit 43 is a LAN interface such as a NIC.
  • the network communication unit 43 may be a wired interface or a wireless interface.
  • the network communication unit 43 functions as a network communication means of the terminal device 40.
  • the network communication unit 43 communicates with other devices according to the control of the control unit 45.
  • the input / output unit 44 is a user interface for exchanging information with the user.
  • the input / output unit 44 is an operation device for the user to perform various operations such as a keyboard, a mouse, operation keys, and a touch panel.
  • the input / output unit 44 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL display (Organic Electroluminescence Display).
  • the input / output unit 44 may be an audio device such as a speaker or a buzzer.
  • the input / output unit 44 may be a lighting device such as an LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp.
  • the input / output unit 44 functions as an input / output means (input means, output means, operation means, or notification means) of the terminal device 40.
  • the control unit 45 is a controller that controls each unit of the terminal device 40.
  • the control unit 45 is realized by, for example, a processor (hardware processor) such as a CPU or MPU.
  • the control unit 45 is realized by the processor executing various programs stored in the storage device inside the terminal device 40 using the RAM or the like as a work area.
  • the control unit 45 may be realized by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or FPGA.
  • the CPU, MPU, ASIC, and FPGA can all be regarded as controllers.
  • the control unit 45 includes an acquisition unit 451, a conversion unit 452, a setting unit 453, a reception unit 454, and a transmission unit 455.
  • Each block (acquisition unit 451 to transmission unit 455) constituting the control unit 45 is a functional block indicating the function of the control unit 45, respectively.
  • These functional blocks may be software blocks or hardware blocks.
  • each of the above-mentioned functional blocks may be one software module realized by software (including a microprocessor) or one circuit block on a semiconductor chip (die).
  • each functional block may be one processor or one integrated circuit. The method of configuring the functional block is arbitrary.
  • the control unit 45 may be configured in a functional unit different from the above-mentioned functional block.
  • the operation of each block (acquisition unit 451 to transmission unit 455) constituting the control unit 45 is the same as the operation of each block (acquisition unit 241 to transmission unit 245) constituting the control unit 24 of the base station apparatus 20. There may be.
  • the operation of each block (acquisition unit 451 to transmission unit 455) constituting the control unit 34 may be the same as the operation of each block (acquisition unit 341 to transmission unit 345) constituting the control unit of the relay device 30. ..
  • A represents the amplitude of the complex signal point (A is a real number).
  • the set contains zero (zero complex signal point)
  • the amplitudes of the non-zero signal points are equal to each other.
  • the phase intervals are evenly spaced.
  • the phase difference between them is preferably an integral multiple of 2 ⁇ / M. These conditions are necessary to keep the distance between signal points or the distance between codes as large as possible.
  • the phase difference is an integral multiple of 2 ⁇ / 3.
  • the phase difference is an integral multiple of 2 ⁇ / 4.
  • the average power of the set has a constant value A 2 in the complex signal point sets of different PSKs as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11.
  • a 2 the complex signal point sets of different PSKs as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11.
  • M + 1 complex signal points including zero (0 + j0) it is desirable to normalize the amplitude of each point as the following equation (1).
  • a 1 , A 2, etc. in the figure are amplitudes (real numbers) of complex signal points.
  • the amplitudes of the complex signal points be equal at at least two signal points, for example as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13. Further, it is desirable that the following conditions are satisfied as the value of each amplitude at the signal point including Z (Z ⁇ M) amplitudes such as A 1 , A 2 , ..., AZ.
  • the number of signal points taking amplitude A 1 is M 1
  • the number of signal points taking amplitude A 2 is M 2
  • ... the number of signal points taking amplitude AZ is M Z (the following equation (2)). ).
  • the value of ⁇ Z is determined so that the average power of the signal point set becomes a constant value A 2. That is, assuming that the signal point set does not include zero, the value of ⁇ Z is determined so as to satisfy the relationship of the following equation (3).
  • the signal point set consisting of M ⁇ 2 m complex signal points cannot correspond (or is inefficient) to mapping to only one resource element. That is, it can be said that a signal point set consisting of M ⁇ 2 m complex signal points can be effective when combined with IM (Index Modulation) as in the present embodiment.
  • IM Index Modulation
  • M ⁇ 2 m signal points are non-zero. This is because a zero signal point (null signal point) as an IM is prepared separately.
  • M + 1 complex signal points including zero (0 + j0) it is desirable to normalize the amplitude of each point in consideration of zero.
  • a communication device for example, a base station device 20 or a terminal device 40 executes IM (Index Modulation) on N resource elements.
  • the communication device arranges complex signal points on K ( ⁇ N) resource elements, and each of the K resource elements has M ⁇ 2 m of non-zero complex signal points. Place one of the complex signal points in the complex set of complex signal points to be constructed.
  • the number of bits is placed on the N resource elements N B can be obtained by the following equation (6).
  • floor (x) means truncation (maximum integer less than or equal to x).
  • right side (brackets of N and K) of the lower formula of the formula (6) means the number of combinations for selecting K pieces from N pieces without duplication. This equation can also be expressed as the following equation (7).
  • the value in the parentheses of the logarithm (log 2 ) of the equation (6) is made as close to the power of 2 as possible to suppress the occurrence of the above-mentioned useless combination.
  • the information processing apparatus selects variables M, m, K, and N so as to satisfy the conditions shown in the following equation (9) for arbitrary integers p and q.
  • the information processing device that makes the above selection may be a base station device 20, a relay device 30, or a terminal device 40. May be good.
  • the device that makes the above selection may be a device other than these (for example, the management device 10).
  • the number of bits is determined from the value of multiplication of the number of candidate combinations of resource elements and the number of candidates for complex signal points. By setting the number of candidate combinations of resource elements and the number of candidates for complex signal points to appropriate values, waste can be reduced.
  • the communication device executes IM (Index Modulation) on N resource elements.
  • the communication device arranges complex signal points on K 1 ( ⁇ N) resource elements, and M 1 ⁇ 2 m 1 non-zero complex signal points for each K 1 resource element. Place one of the complex signal points in the complex signal point set consisting of.
  • the communication device another K 2 ( ⁇ N-K 1) that was not selected in one K complex signal points arranged on a number of resource elements, M 2 ⁇ 2, respectively K 2 pieces of resource elements Place one of the complex signal points in the complex signal point set consisting of m2 non-zero complex signal points.
  • the number of bits is placed on the N resource elements N B can be obtained by the following equation (10).
  • the number of candidate combinations of resource elements is multiplied by the number of candidates for complex signal points.
  • the number of bits is determined from the value of.
  • g th is a complex signal point set consists of M g nonzero complex signal point set, and apply the complex signal points set in each K g pieces of resource elements.
  • N B to be placed on the N resource elements can be obtained by the following equation (11).
  • Equation (11) K satisfies the following equation (12).
  • FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a determination process for switching a complex signal point set according to the number of combination candidates of resource elements.
  • the determination process shown in FIG. 17 is executed by, for example, a communication device that transmits data.
  • the communication device that executes the determination process may be the base station device 20, the relay device 30, or the terminal device 40.
  • the determination process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
  • the terminal device 40 will be described as executing the determination process.
  • the device that executes the following determination process may be the base station device 20 or the relay device 30.
  • the acquisition unit 451 of the terminal device 40 is a resource element for arranging the number of resource elements (N) used for IM, the number of complex signal point sets used for IM (G), and the complex signal points of each complex signal point set.
  • the number (Kg) is acquired (step S101).
  • the acquisition unit 451 may acquire such information from another communication device (for example, the base station device 20). It should be noted that these pieces of information may be pre-configured in the storage unit 42 or the like of the terminal device 40 as predetermined values in advance. In this case, the acquisition unit 451 may acquire these information from the storage unit 42.
  • the acquisition unit 451 acquires the number of combination candidates (C) of the resource elements (step S102).
  • the acquisition unit 451 may calculate the number of combination candidates of resource elements from the information (N, G, and Kg) acquired in step S101. Further, the acquisition unit 451 may acquire information on the number of candidate combinations of resource elements from another communication device (for example, the base station device 20). The number of candidate combinations of resource elements may be set (pre-configuration) in the storage unit 42 or the like of the terminal device 40 as a predetermined value in advance. In this case, the acquisition unit 451 may acquire information on the number of combination candidates of the resource elements from the storage unit 42.
  • the conversion unit 452 is a set of complex signal points used for IM, and the number of elements (M) is a power of non-power (M ⁇ 2).
  • the complex signal point set (first signal point set) that is m) is selected (step S105).
  • the conversion unit 452 controls the transmission processing unit 412 to execute constellation mapping (Constellation Mapping) and resource element mapping (Resource Element Mapping) (step S106).
  • constellation mapping Constellation Mapping
  • resource element mapping Resource Element Mapping
  • the conversion unit 452 controls the transmission processing unit 412 to execute waveform modulation (Waveform Modulation) and analog / RF processing (Analog / RF Processing) (step S107).
  • waveform modulation Waveform Modulation
  • analog / RF processing Analog / RF Processing
  • the transmission unit 245 of the terminal device 40 controls the transmission processing unit 412 to transmit a signal from the antenna 414 (step S108).
  • the setting unit of the communication device may make settings related to the complex signal point sequence.
  • the setting unit may set the resource element arrangement, the complex signal point set, and the information regarding the complex signal point element in the communication unit of the communication device.
  • the setting unit of the communication device may be the setting unit 243 of the base station device 20, the setting unit 343 of the relay device 30, or the setting unit 453 of the terminal device 40. Good.
  • the complex signal point set When specifically defining the resource element arrangement, the complex signal point set, and the complex signal point element, it is desirable to set the Euclidean distance or the minimum Euclidean distance in the combination of the complex signal point elements to a predetermined value or more.
  • the minimum Euclidean distance between one single complex signal point element (complex scalar) and another single complex signal point element has been considered (important), but the present invention
  • s m, l, s n, l is the l-th element of s m, s n.
  • the setting unit determines, for example, that the Euclidean distance is a predetermined value as shown in the following equation (14) in all the complex vector sets defined by the resource element arrangement, the complex signal point set, and the complex signal point element. Set the complex signal point sequence so that it is Eth or higher.
  • the setting unit is, for example, as shown in the following equation (15), the minimum Euclidean distance E min in the set of all complex vectors defined by the resource element arrangement, the complex signal point set, and the complex signal point element.
  • the complex signal point sequence is set so as to be equal to or higher than the predetermined value Eth.
  • the setting unit determines the minimum Euclidean distances E min, g of the complex signal point elements (complex scalar) in a certain set g among the complex signal point sets used when defining the target complex vector. It may be used as the value Eth of. Or, setting unit, the minimum Euclidean distance E min, g the coefficient [delta] ( ⁇ 0) by multiplying the value &Dgr; E min, g may be used as the predetermined value E th.
  • any complex signal point s g1, a included in the set g 1 and any complex signal point s g 2, b included in the set g 2 are For example, it is desirable that there is no duplication as shown in the following equation (16).
  • duplication may be allowed between different sets for that zero only in that case.
  • the elements of the complex signal points in the set can be represented by a predetermined operation on the elements of the complex signal points in another set.
  • the predetermined operation is a linear operation.
  • FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an extended example of a complex signal point set by phase rotation.
  • G 2.
  • the complex signal point elements s g1 of the set g 1 there, a is another set g 2 complex signal It can be defined by the following equation (17) using the point elements s g2 and b.
  • FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an extended example of a complex signal point set due to phase rotation and amplitude change.
  • a G p 2
  • G a 2.
  • a phase difference or an amplitude difference in the complex signal point of the complex signal point set is set g 1 of the complex signal point element s g1
  • a is another set g it can be defined as the following equation (18) using a second complex signal point element s g2, b.
  • the values of Z (complex number, or real or pure imaginary number) and ⁇ (real number) can be common to all the elements between two sets. The values are also different between different sets.
  • the complex signal point elements s g1 and a of one set g 1 are the complex signal point elements s of another set g 2. It can be defined by the following equation (19) using g2 and b.
  • C complex number, real number, or pure imaginary number
  • a complex signal point element of a set can be defined by giving an amplitude, phase, and constant calculation to the complex signal point element of another set, for example, as shown in the following equation (20).
  • the values of the amplitude, the phase, and the constant have the following equation (21) relationship with respect to a certain two sets g 1 and g 2.
  • FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example in which the IM proposed in the present embodiment is applied to the frequency domain.
  • FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example in which the IM proposed in the present embodiment is applied to the time domain.
  • FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example in which the IM proposed in the present embodiment is applied to a spatial region.
  • the number K of resource elements in which the complex signal points are arranged is 4 in each case.
  • the difference in the hatch in the figure shows the unit of the four resource masses to which the IM proposed in the present embodiment is applied.
  • continuous resources are regarded as one unit (one block) of IM, but continuous resources do not necessarily have to be a unit.
  • one unit of IM may be composed of discrete radio resources (interleaved radio resources).
  • FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example in which the IM proposed in the present embodiment is applied to two-dimensional radio resources in the frequency domain and the time domain.
  • FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example in which the IM proposed in the present embodiment is applied to two-dimensional radio resources in the frequency domain and the spatial domain.
  • resource number of resource elements KF frequency domain complex signal points are arranged two, the number of resource elements K T in the time domain complex signal points are arranged 2, complex signal points are arranged This is an example in which the number of elements K is 4.
  • the number of resource elements K F frequency-domain complex signal points are arranged two, the number of resource elements K S spatial region complex signal points are arranged 2, complex signal points are arranged This is an example in which the number of resource elements K is 4.
  • FIG. 25 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of signal processing related to data reception according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the block diagram shown in FIG. 25 can be applied to, for example, the reception processing unit 211 (for example, demodulation unit 211c) of the base station device 20, the reception processing unit 311 of the relay device 30, or the reception processing unit 411 of the terminal device 40.
  • the communication device that performs the signal processing (transmission processing) of the present embodiment includes an analog / RF processing block 1011, a waveform demodulation block 1012, a resource element demapping and a constellation demapping block 1013. It includes a deinterleaving and descrambled block 1014 and a rate dematching and FEC demodulation block 1015.
  • the analog / RF processing block 1011 executes analog processing, frequency conversion processing, analog-digital conversion processing, and the like on the signal received by the antenna. As a result, the signal received by the antenna is converted into a digital signal.
  • the waveform demodulation block 1012 executes demodulation processing according to the waveform (Waveform) being used.
  • the waveform demodulation block 1012 includes discrete Fourier transform (DFT), inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT), and fast Fourier transform (IDFT) as demodulation of OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) and SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access). FFT), Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT), etc.
  • DFT discrete Fourier transform
  • IDFT inverse discrete Fourier transform
  • IDFT fast Fourier transform
  • OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • FFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
  • IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
  • the resource element demapping and constellation demapping block 1013 executes the resource element demapping (Resource Element De-Mapping).
  • the resource element demapping and constellation demapping block 1013 performs a process of extracting the resource element of the signal to be demodulated and decoded according to the physical channel configuration, the reference signal configuration, the allocation of the resource element for each user, and the like. carry out.
  • the resource element demapping and constellation demapping block 1013 executes constellation de-Mapping.
  • the resource element demapping and constellation demapping block 1013 performs reception, demodulation, and decoding corresponding to the transmission method according to the present embodiment.
  • the resource element demapping and constellation demapping block 1013 outputs a hard determination value (Hard Decision Value) or a soft determination value (Soft Decision Value) of the target coded bit sequence (or transmission bit sequence).
  • the hard judgment value is a series that takes two discrete values of ⁇ 0,1 ⁇ (or ⁇ -1,1 ⁇ ).
  • the soft judgment value is also called soft judgment, soft information, and LLR information (Log Likelihood Ratio Information), and is a series of continuous values or discrete values of multiple levels. It becomes a series.
  • Constellation demapping algorithms include linear filtering such as ZF (Zero Forcing) and MMSE (Minumum Mean Square Error), or ML detection (Maximum Likelihood Detection) and ML estimation (Maximum Likelihood Estimation). Non-linear algorithms such as estimation) can be used.
  • the deinterleaving and descramble block 1014 is de-interleaving corresponding to the interleaving and scrambling processing performed on the transmitting side. ) And de-Scrambling.
  • the rate dematching and FEC demodulation block 1015 performs matching (Rate De-Matching) and FEC decoding (FEC Decoding) at a rate corresponding to the processing on the transmitting side, and decodes the information bit sequence of the upper layer.
  • the communication device on the receiving side regenerates a transmission signal replica (for example, Soft Replica, SoftInterference Replica, etc.) from the information bit sequence of the upper layer once decoded, and performs constellation demapping and soft judgment value generation processing.
  • a transmission signal replica for example, Soft Replica, SoftInterference Replica, etc.
  • iterative decoding Iterative / Turbo De-Mapping, Iterative / Turbo Equalization, Iterative / Turbo Decoding, Iterative / Turbo Cancellation, etc.
  • the information related to the constellation mapping / demapping is shared between the communication device on the transmitting side and the communication device on the receiving side by some method. It is necessary to keep (set as common knowledge). It is desirable that this information be shared between communication devices via system information (System Information), RRC signaling (RRC Signaling), control information (Control Information), and the like.
  • System Information System Information
  • RRC Signaling RRC Signaling
  • Control Information Control Information
  • FIG. 26 is a sequence diagram showing a setting process in uplink or downlink communication.
  • the terminal device 40 notifies the base station device 20 to which it is connected of the capability information (step S201). For example, the terminal device 40 notifies the base station device 20 whether or not it corresponds to the IM (Index Modulation) proposed in the present embodiment. For example, the terminal device 40 sets a plurality of complex signal points constituting the complex signal point sequence into any of the complex signals in the first set of signal points composed of non-two powers of complex signal points. Notifies whether it is possible to make a point or a zero complex signal point.
  • IM Index Modulation
  • the terminal device 40 communicates with the base station device 20 by using a normal communication method (for example, OFDMA method or DFT-Spread-OFDMA method).
  • a normal communication method for example, OFDMA method or DFT-Spread-OFDMA method.
  • the specific values of the parameters required for the implementation of the IM proposed in the present embodiment are shared between the communication devices (step S202 and / or step S203).
  • the terminal device 40 and the base station device 20 have a number of resource elements N used for IM, a number of complex signal point sets G, a number of resource elements Kg in which complex signal points are arranged, a number of candidate combinations of resource elements C, and a signal point to be used. It shares values such as the number of complex signal points M that the set has.
  • the parameters used for the IM of this embodiment are quasi-static information.
  • the base station device 20 notifies the terminal device 40 as Cell-specific information.
  • the base station device 20 notifies the terminal device 40 using a physical broadcast channel (PBCH (Physical Broadcast Channel)) or a downlink common channel (PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel)). May be good.
  • PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
  • PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
  • the parameters used for the IM of this embodiment are dynamic information or terminal-specific (UE-specific, UE). It is desirable that the base station device 20 notify the terminal device 40 as -group-specific) information. For example, it is desirable that the base station device 20 notifies the terminal device 40 as downlink control information (DCI (Downlink Control Information)) using a physical control channel (PDCCH).
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • the radio resources frequency (resource block, component carrier), time (subframe, slot, minislot), space (MIMO) to be used by the terminal device 40 are used. Layers (Number of Spatial Layers, Spatial Streams), etc.) may also be notified.
  • the terminal device 40 that has received the parameters from the base station device 20 communicates using the communication method of the present embodiment (IM proposed in the present embodiment) (step S204). For example, in the case of uplink, the terminal device 40 transmits a signal to the base station device 20 using the communication method of the present embodiment by using the parameter values and radio resources notified from the base station device 20. To do. If it is a downlink, the terminal device 40 receives the signal on the assumption that the base station device 20 is transmitting a signal to the terminal device 40 using the parameters and radio resources notified from the base station device 20. Carry out the process.
  • IM proposed in the present embodiment the communication method of the present embodiment
  • the base station device 20 or the terminal device 40 transmits ACK or NACK in response to the transmission in step S204 (step S205).
  • FIG. 27 is a sequence diagram showing a setting process in side link communication.
  • one terminal device 40 for side link communication will be referred to as a terminal A
  • the other terminal device 40 will be referred to as a terminal B.
  • Terminals A and B notify the base station device 20 to which they are connected of capability information (step S301). For example, the terminals A and B each notify the base station apparatus 20 to which they are connected whether or not the IM proposed in the present embodiment is supported.
  • the base station device 20 notifies terminals A and B of information on radio resources that may be used for side-link communication (for example, information on a radio resource pool (Radio Resource Pool) specified by time and frequency). It is desirable that the notification of the information of this radio resource is notified as quasi-static information. At this time, the base station apparatus 20 may also notify the terminals A and B of the values of the parameters to be applied when using the IM proposed in the present embodiment as quasi-static information (step). S302).
  • the values of the notified parameters are, for example, the number of resource elements N used for IM, the number of complex signal point sets G, the number of resource elements Kg in which complex signal points are arranged, the number of combination candidate C of resource elements, and the set of signal points to be used. It may have a complex signal point number M.
  • Terminals A and B notify each other of their own capability information using the radio resources (radio resource pool) designated by the base station apparatus 20 (step S303).
  • the terminals A and B may each notify the other terminal device 40 of whether or not the IM proposed in the present embodiment is compatible.
  • the terminals A and B When one or both of the terminals A and B does not support the IM of the present embodiment, the terminals A and B perform side link communication by a normal communication method. When both terminals A and B support the communication method of the present embodiment, the terminals A and B use the parameter values quasi-statically notified from the base station apparatus 20 to use the values of the parameters of the present embodiment. Communication using the IM of the above may be executed (step S305). For example, in the communication using the side link control channel (PSCCH (Physical Sidelink Control Channel), etc.), the terminals A and B use the IM of the present embodiment by using the parameters notified from the base station apparatus 20. Communication may be performed.
  • PSCCH Physical Sidelink Control Channel
  • terminals A and B use PSCCH as side link control information (SCI (Sidelink Control Information)) in the present embodiment.
  • SCI Sidelink Control Information
  • Parameters used for IM may be notified to each other (step S304).
  • the terminals A and B may execute communication using the communication method of the present embodiment by using the parameters notified to each other (step S305).
  • Terminal A or terminal B transmits ACK or NACK in response to the transmission in step S305 (step S306).
  • the terminal device 40 can also transmit or receive the side link signal by using the value of the parameter notified as described above.
  • communication using IM Index Modulation
  • the application of the communication using IM proposed in the present embodiment is not limited to the communication between these devices, for example, the communication between the base station device 20 and the base station device 20, and the relay device 30 and the relay device 30. It can also be applied to communication between the base station device 20 and the relay device 30, and communication between the relay device 30 and the terminal device 40.
  • the communication device acquires the parameters used for the IM proposed in the present embodiment from other communication devices.
  • the communication device may hold the value of the parameter as a fixed value in advance.
  • PBCH notification channel
  • the communication device for example, the base station device 20
  • Signals may be transmitted or received using the values of predetermined parameters.
  • the processing device (control device) that controls the management device 10, the base station device 20, the relay device 30, or the terminal device 40 of the present embodiment may be realized by a dedicated computer system or a general-purpose computer system.
  • a communication program for executing the above operation is stored and distributed in a computer-readable recording medium such as an optical disk, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic tape, or a flexible disk.
  • the control device is configured by installing the program on a computer and executing the above-mentioned processing.
  • the control device may be a management device 10, a base station device 20, a relay device 30, or an external device (for example, a personal computer) of the terminal device 40.
  • the control device is a device inside the management device 10, the base station device 20, the relay device 30, or the terminal device 40 (for example, the control unit 13, the control unit 24, the control unit 34, or the control unit 45). May be good.
  • the above communication program may be stored in a disk device provided in a server device on a network such as the Internet so that it can be downloaded to a computer or the like.
  • the above-mentioned functions may be realized by collaboration between the OS (Operating System) and the application software.
  • the part other than the OS may be stored in a medium and distributed, or the part other than the OS may be stored in the server device so that it can be downloaded to a computer or the like.
  • each component of each device shown in the figure is a functional concept, and does not necessarily have to be physically configured as shown in the figure. That is, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and all or part of the device is functionally or physically dispersed / physically distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads and usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured.
  • the present embodiment includes a device or any configuration constituting the system, for example, a processor as a system LSI (Large Scale Integration) or the like, a module using a plurality of processors, a unit using a plurality of modules, or a unit. It can also be implemented as a set or the like (that is, a part of the configuration of the device) to which other functions are added.
  • a processor as a system LSI (Large Scale Integration) or the like, a module using a plurality of processors, a unit using a plurality of modules, or a unit. It can also be implemented as a set or the like (that is, a part of the configuration of the device) to which other functions are added.
  • LSI Large Scale Integration
  • the system means a set of a plurality of components (devices, modules (parts), etc.), and it does not matter whether all the components are in the same housing. Therefore, a plurality of devices housed in separate housings and connected via a network, and a device in which a plurality of modules are housed in one housing are both systems. ..
  • the present embodiment can have a cloud computing configuration in which one function is shared and jointly processed by a plurality of devices via a network.
  • the communication device (for example, the base station device 20, the relay device 30, or the terminal device 40) is composed of non-2 power complex signal points. Introduce signal point arrangement to IM (Index Modulation). Specifically, the communication device converts the bit sequence into a predetermined complex signal point sequence composed of a plurality of complex signal points including a non-zero complex signal point and a zero complex signal point. At this time, at least one of the predetermined complex signal point series is a first signal point set in which a plurality of complex signal points constituting the complex signal point series are each composed of non-two powers of complex signal points. It is a first complex signal point series which is any of the complex signal points in the above or zero complex signal point. The communication device converts at least one of the bit sequences into this first complex signal point sequence.
  • IM Index Modulation
  • the communication device can improve the error rate characteristic.
  • the communication device has high frequency utilization efficiency. Can be achieved.
  • the present technology can also have the following configurations.
  • the acquisition unit that acquires the bit sequence and A conversion unit for converting the bit sequence into a predetermined complex signal point sequence composed of a plurality of complex signal points including a non-zero complex signal point and a zero complex signal point is provided.
  • At least one of the predetermined complex signal point series is a first signal point set in which a plurality of complex signal points constituting the complex signal point series are each composed of a non-two power complex signal point. It is a first complex signal point series with any of the complex signal points in or zero complex signal point.
  • the conversion unit converts one of the bit sequences into at least the first complex signal point sequence. Communication device.
  • the non-zero power complex signal points constituting the first signal point set are non-zero complex signal points, respectively.
  • a plurality of complex signal points constituting the predetermined complex signal point series are arranged in a plurality of resource elements. When the number of combination candidates for the arrangement of the plurality of complex signal points on the plurality of resource elements is not a power of 2, the conversion unit converts the bit sequence into the first complex signal point sequence.
  • One of the predetermined complex signal point series is a set of a second signal point set in which a plurality of complex signal points constituting the complex signal point series are each composed of a power of 2 complex signal points.
  • the conversion unit converts the bit sequence into the second complex signal point sequence.
  • a setting unit for setting the predetermined complex signal point sequence is provided.
  • the setting unit sets the number of complex signal points constituting the first set of signal points so that the Euclidean distance of any two series among the candidates of the predetermined complex signal point series is maximized.
  • a plurality of complex signal points constituting the predetermined complex signal point series are arranged in a plurality of resource elements.
  • the difference between the number of candidates for the first complex signal point series and the power of 2 is different from the number of combination candidates for the arrangement of the plurality of complex signal points on the plurality of resource elements.
  • Information for determining the number of candidates for the first complex signal point sequence is set so as to be smaller than the difference from the power of The communication device according to (5) or (6) above.
  • the setting unit sets the amplitude of the complex signal points so that the average power of the non-2 power complex signal points becomes a predetermined value.
  • the communication device according to any one of (5) to (7) above.
  • the non-2 power complex signal points constituting the first signal point set are complex signal points having equal amplitudes with each other.
  • the phase intervals of the non-2 power complex signal points constituting the first signal point set are equal intervals.
  • the communication device according to any one of (1) to (9) above.
  • An acquisition unit for acquiring setting information regarding the predetermined complex signal point sequence is provided.
  • the acquisition unit acquires setting information regarding the predetermined complex signal point sequence from a communication device as a communication partner.
  • the communication device according to any one of (1) to (10) above.
  • An acquisition unit for acquiring setting information regarding the predetermined complex signal point sequence is provided.
  • the acquisition unit acquires setting information regarding the predetermined complex signal point sequence from a communication device other than the communication partner.
  • the communication device according to any one of (1) to (11).
  • Communication devices other than the communication partner are base station devices.
  • the communication device according to (12) above.
  • Computer, Acquisition part to acquire bit series It functions as a conversion unit that converts the bit sequence into a predetermined complex signal point sequence composed of a plurality of complex signal points including a non-zero complex signal point and a zero complex signal point.
  • At least one of the predetermined complex signal point series is a first signal point set in which a plurality of complex signal points constituting the complex signal point series are each composed of a non-two power complex signal point. It is a first complex signal point series with any of the complex signal points in or zero complex signal point.
  • the conversion unit converts one of the bit sequences into at least the first complex signal point sequence. Communication program.
  • Communication system 10 Management device 20
  • Base station device 30 Relay device 40
  • Terminal device 11 Communication unit 21, 31, 41 Communication unit 12, 22, 32, 42 Storage unit 13, 24, 34, 45 Control unit 23, 33, 43
  • Network Communication unit 44 Input / output unit 211,311,411 Reception processing unit 211a Wireless reception unit 211b Multiplexing unit 211c Demodulation unit 211d Decoding unit 212,312, 412 Transmission processing unit 212a Coding unit 212b Modulation unit 212c Multiplexing unit 212d Wireless transmission unit 214, 314, 414 Antennas 241, 341, 451 Acquisition units 242, 342, 452 Conversion units 243, 343, 453 Setting units 244, 344, 454 Receiver units 245, 345, 455 Transmitter units

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Ce dispositif de communication comprend : une unité d'acquisition pour acquérir des chaînes de bits ; et une unité de transformée pour transformer les chaînes de bits en chaînes de points de signal complexes prédéterminées composées d'une pluralité de points de signal complexes comprenant un point de signal complexe non nul et un point de signal complexe nul. Au moins l'une des chaînes de points de signal complexes prédéterminées est une première chaîne de points de signal complexes dans laquelle la pluralité de points de signal complexes constituant la chaîne de points de signal complexes sont chacun l'un quelconque de points de signal complexes ou de points de signal complexes nul dans un premier ensemble de points de signal composé de points de signal complexes de puissance autre que 2. L'unité de transformée transforme au moins une des chaînes de bits en la première chaîne de points de signal complexes.
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